Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Seeton

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 12:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Seeton

Jeff Seeton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Nothing more than an advertorial for a candidate in an upcoming municipal election. Does not meet the minimum standards in WP:BIO. Candidates for local office are not notable, and Mr. Seeton does not appear to be notable enough for other reasons to merit an encyclopedia entry. Skeezix1000 13:31, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - If for nothing more than originial respearc and POV. If some sources were cited, I would have to retract my delete nom though. Chris Kreider 13:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - The article's claim to notability is largely based on Seeton's political career. It even goes so far as to state (in reference to the 2000 Ottawa Bay Ward City Council elections) "He had an extremely strong showing for a first time candidate but lost that election to Cullen." Reading this, I was led to believe that the dark horse really challanged the incumbent and lost in a norrow victory, which could have helped the claim for notability. However, after reading up on the mentioned election, I learned that Seeton placed 4th in the race with a mere 550 votes (3.67%) whereas the winner held 7191 votes (48.02%) and the runner up got 6262 (41.82%). This strikes me as a misleading statement in an article about a candidate who already seems non-notable. -bobby 16:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn local political candidate. I realize truth in politics is a rare thing, but 550 votes is not a "strong showing". Delete this political ad with extreme prejudice. Resolute 17:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I would say that any deletion should be without prejudice to the recreation of the article should Mr. Seeton do something that meets the criteria of WP:BIO. Skeezix1000 18:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - Of course. We would just want to make sure that the recreated article is not biased. -bobby 19:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely. The current article (even if it met WP:BIO) is unsourced and violates WP:NPOV. Skeezix1000 19:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

• changes have been made to this article and is looking better to me, it provides resources and dropped the line about "a strong showing" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.230.28.125 (talk • contribs) .

The article is still full of POV ("well known in political circles for his forward thinking", "Seeton is campaigning on bringing new ideas to Kanata North", "He will garner allot of support from those who are concerned with the environment, transit, as well as their bottom line", etc.), not to mention unsourced statements. BTW, Mr. Seeton's own web site likely does not constitute the verifiable, reliable source that is required (see WP:V). I'm not sure how www.wikipedia.org, or the intro page of the City's own website, constitute sources for any of the statements in this article. Finally, the criteria in WP:BIO has not been addressed. Skeezix1000 15:24, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Fails every test of WP:BIO, Municipal candidates are unencyclopedic if being a candidate is their only claim to notability. -- Chabuk ^{[ T • C ]} 23:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.